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    they are now able to give love and support to. Growing up to become a a beautiful lady‚ she attracted the attention of Armand Aubigny Armand was a neighboring plantation owner and bearer of one of the finest names in Louisiana. If I were in Desiree’s shoies‚ I would have thought I was something by dating one of the well-known plantation owners. By this time‚ Desiree’s father was reminding Armand that they didn’t know were heritage‚ but still he insisting on pursuing her anyway. Which by the

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    Bobbie A. Harjo In Plymouth‚ England‚ during September 1620‚ a ship slowly sailed out to sea. This ship was named the Mayflower‚ and it was on a very special trip. The Mayflower’s passengers were headed to the New World‚ America. These people were called the pilgrims‚ and they were leaving England to begin new lives. This was one of the things that they were thankful for‚ and one of the reasons they celebrated the first thanksgiving. The Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock on December 11‚ 1620

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    religious practice. The northern colonies or also referred to as the New England colonies‚ are mostly known for their search of religious freedom. The most notorious of which the American public knows of are the Pilgrims of the Mayflower whom landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620‚ present day Massachusetts. A large portion of these settlers practiced the puritan faith; this faith dominated the colony up to the early 17th century. The pilgrims shortly after arriving elected and made William Bradford mayor of the

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    American Colonization.

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    World in the 1600s. Jamestown and the Virginia Colony were founded by the Virginia Company of London which hoped to benefit economically from their investments. New Hampshire and New York were also founded for commercial reasons. On the other hand‚ Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony were founded by Separatists and Puritans who hoped to practice their religion freely. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were founded for similar reasons. It was both the drive for the commercial profit and religious

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    to. They want to be a city upon a hill‚ literally where they can control everyone around them. They want to be a prosperous yet very close minded estate with no religious tolerance. * What kinds of settlers arrived in Massachusetts Bay‚ Plymouth Plantation‚ and Connecticut? * The puritans and Pilgrims arrived there (New England Colony). They were very religious. Pilgrims wanted to separate from the church completely and the Puritans wanted to reform it because they were Protestants.

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    Claude McKay & Dialectical Analysis In Claude McKay’s‚ “Old England” and “Quashie to Buccra” McKay uses dialect as a way to give poems multiple meanings. What may be seen as a simplistic or naïve poem about Jamaican life may actually be full of double meanings that only a select audience would be able to identify. In his poem’s‚ McKay ultimately gives Negros who work under white colonists the underlying message of black resistance by revolution. Perhaps what makes this interpretation so

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    While the Chesapeake colonies were comprised of a majority of African slaves who worked on plantations producing mainly tobacco‚ the tobacco was then sold to other colonies and countries. In the 1700’s there was a boom in tobacco sales and it became one of the leading trades in the Chesapeake colonies‚ other than slave trade. Other than slaves the rest of the Chesapeake population were White plantation owners and servants. Yet another difference was the economy of the two. As mentioned previously

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    12 Years a Slave The movie «12 Years a slave» is based on the book «12 Years a Slave» by Soloman Northup. It’s his life story of how he got lured in a trap and kidnapped in 1841. It’s about how he was sold into slavery in the south‚ and what happened during those 12 years a slave . The movie was released in 2013‚ but the book was first published in 1853. The setting of the movie was in the US‚ mostly in the states New York and Louisiana. The film was directed by Steve McQueen‚ he’s also known

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    CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS - Italian explorer‚ sail for Queen Isabella of Spain‚ 3 ships were the Nina‚ Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria. Columbus was looking for a route East by sailing West. He is credited with discovering the New World THE JOURNAL by William Carlos Williams Christopher Columbus’ personal account (from his journal) of his final days of his first voyage and landing on the island of San Salvador in 1492 1. September 22 – why was “the contrary wind”

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    Thomas Morton vs William Bradford and the View of the Native Americans To begin‚ William Bradford was the leader of Plymouth‚ which was one of the earliest colonial settlements in the United States. Thomas Morton was there around the same time; however he was just a settler. Bradford became very popular throughout the colony and demonstrated his talents when writing “Of Plymouth Plantation”. Morton was known for his pieces‚ “New English Canaan” and “Manners and Customs of the Indians”. Both authors did

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